Terror by Numbers
DUS. Director: Anubhav Sinha. Players: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan. Music: Vishal & Shekhar. 2005. DVD (Spark). In the refined
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The Green Tree
The day we moved in, my parents were bickering quietly and preoccupied with sofas, televisions, disgruntled movers, and fragile lamps and too many boxes. I had
Musings on Yoga
My first experience with yoga was as a child in India. I had got up earlier than usual one morning and watched, somewhat apprehensively, as my father did a head
The Birds and I
On a June afternoon, a friend and I raced through the Sierras, frantically watching the clock, swerving the car around each bend. Our destination—Yuba Pass.
Test-Takers Turned Entrepreneurs
"I have always had an entrepreneurial bent,” says Karan Goel, although he good-humoredly admits that he couldn’t get VCs to buy into many of his ventures as
A Deeper Connection
Q: I have been married to my husband for 10 years. I picked him because he was stable, genuine, and caring. Just being around him calmed me down. I have always
Everybody Says, I LoveYou
So why can’t I? This phrase—“I love you”—is as foreign to me as kissing scenes in Bollywood flicks. It has not been a part of my world for 21 years an
A Voice for the Turtles
What began as a biology class project for Amar Rana, took him to the backrooms of torture that provide the ingredients for exotic Chinese delicacies in Manhatta
Stuffed Squash Delight
In the Bay Area the onset of autumn is not so dramatic. In September and October the days gradually get shorter while the air gets cooler. During the summer, sa
Equine Stars
Remember the chase across the ravines in Sholay? The bullets and the dust, the thundering hooves, the horses’ manes flying in the wind? Can you recall the tes
Guest Workers?
Q Do you expect that an amnesty law will pass this year? A Not a chance. On July 26, the Senate Judiciary Committee held legislative hearings on two proposals
Here a Hut, There a Hut
Saki Naka is north of Bombay airport, a densely packed area that might just stand for 21st-century urban India. Grimy workshops and matchbox shacks alongside gl
